Here in the Pacific Northwest we have been blanketed with snow for the past few days. Because we do not have the infrastructure to deal with said snow, we all tuck in and stay home. Thus, we had several days with my two girls (ages 12 and 15) to enjoy board games, creative projects, and you guessed it…viewing the Nye vs. Ham debate. I would not have opted to sit through all two hours and forty five minutes if not for the fact that we were snowed in.

When addressing some of the issues of the fundamentalist view of evolution
it is important to identify some key words that they use to try to
vilify reasonable scientists and educated people that understand the
concepts of evolution and natural selection. From the way the word
is used by the intelligent design side it seems that the word
“Darwinism” is meant to describe the “believers” in the
Theory of Evolution to make it seem more like a radical belief… Continue

It is fair to recognize the good that the religious adherents do again. After all, my forefathers came to this country to experience and escape religious persecution of Europe. Religious America has allowed many sorts of views of religion to live in a relatively peaceful manor. The
Puritans, Quakers, Baptists, Catholics, Presbyterians,…

There's been a lot of discussion about Maher's winning the award, and this almost immediate vaccine comment which caused many atheists to cringe. I wrote a little about why I think he deserves the award anyway on my blog.

There are two main approaches that Atheists take when trying to open a religious mind, and release the seed of reason trapped inside. One group, such as Dawkins, Harris, Dennet, use mainly their own reason as a pry bar to try and accomplish this, while another group, people such as Hitchens, Bill Mahr, or any number of other comics like Doug Stanhope, prefer to use the hammer of ridicule to bust the piggy bank wide open. Which method is best?

I just got out of watching Bill Maher's new movie, Religulous at it's world premiere at the Traverse City Film Festival. It was one of the first films to sell out at the festival, selling out in just the first couple days of sales.

Security was very tight. Cellphones had to be turned completely off. It was repeatedly announced that anyone with an active cellphone would have it confiscated. If any images were found from the movie on the phone, then charges would be leveled against… Continue